Illinois Fishing Records

Fish - Weight - Place - Name of Record Holder - Date

Atlantic Salmon 18 lbs 11.25 oz Lake Michigan Robert Lueckhoff 5/26/1979

Bighead Carp 43 lbs 3 oz Lyerla Lake Larry Hileman 5/25/1995

Black Buffalo 23 lbs 12 oz Rock River Ron Smith 7/27/1984

Black Bullhead 5 lbs 6 oz strip mine lake Justin White 4/24/1988

Black Crappie 4 lbs 8 oz Rend Lake John Hampton 5/15/1976

Blue Catfish 85 lbs 0 oz Mississippi River Lindsay Sample Jr. 2/22/2000

Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 8 oz private pond Darren May 5/10/1987

Bowfin 16 lbs 6 oz Rend Lake Charles R. Keller 9/23/1984

Brook Trout 7 lbs 5 oz Lake Michigan Daniel Frazier 11/3/1998

Brown Bullhead 1 lbs 10 oz Weldon Springs Shane Richardson 4/25/1993

Brown Trout 36 lbs 11.5 oz Lake Michigan Deva Vranek 6/22/1997

Buffalo 48 lbs 0 oz Mississippi River C.B. Merritt 1936

Carp 51 lbs 0 oz Lake Hillcrest Steve K. Davis 5/1/1994

Channel Catfish 45 lbs 4 oz Baldwin Lake Todd Baumeyer 2/7/1987

Chinook (King) Salmon 37 lbs 0 oz Lake Michigan Marge Landeen 8/7/1976

Coho Salmon 20 lbs 9 oz Lake Michigan Carry VandeVusse 5/24/1972

Flathead Catfish 78 lbs 0 oz Carlyle Lake Jody Harris 8/11/1995

Freshwater Drum 35 lbs 0 oz DuQuoin City Lake Joe Rinella 1960

Goldeye 2 lbs 1 oz Embarras River Steven D. Unzicker 7/26/1998

Grass Carp 66 lbs 8 oz Lake Petersburg Mark S. Metzger 7/8/1998

Green Sunfish 2 lbs 1 oz private pond John Stein 6/28/1981

Hybrid Bass 20 lbs 0.32 oz Lake of Egypt David B. Gjelsvik 6/20/1993

Hybrid Sunfish 2 lbs 4.48 oz private pond Georgia M. Holland 6/16/1990

Lake Trout 38 lbs 4 oz Lake Michigan Theodore W. Rullman 8/22/1999

Largemouth Bass 13 lbs 1 oz Stone Quarry Lake Edward J. Walbel 22/15/1976

Muskellunge 37 lbs 13 oz Shabbona Lake Chris Kim 4/1/1997

Northern Pike 26 lbs 15 oz strip mine lake Walter Klenzak 11/9/1989

Pink (Humpback) Salmon 3 lbs 4 oz Lake Michigan Neil J. Duba 7/5/1992

Rainbow Trout 31 lbs 6.72 oz Lake Michigan Kyle C. Johnson 7/10/1993

Redear Sunfish 2 lbs 12.3 oz Marion CC Lake Mike DeMattei 9/7/1985

Rock Bass 1 lbs 10 oz Aux Sable Creek George Nielson 5/5/1987

Sauger 5 lbs 12.5 oz Mississippi River Bill Rolando 7/30/1967

Saugeye 8 lbs 7.68 oz Mississippi River Thomas Drovesky 11/21/1998

Shortnose Gar 5 lbs 1 oz Vermilion River William Meyer 7/20/1999

Shovelnose Sturgeon 5 lbs 2.56 oz Rock River Allen Trout Jr. 5/30/1988

Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 7 oz strip mine lake Mark Samp 3/26/1985

Spotted Bass 7 lbs 3.12 oz strip mine lake Richard Leonard 3/15/1992

Spotted Gar 7 lbs 13.4 oz Horseshoe Lake Danny Peters 7/10/2004

Striped Bass 31 lbs 7 oz Sangchris Lake Eric Shivers 5/23/1994

Tiger Muskellunge 26 lbs 9 oz private pond Joseph Veronda 5/4/1999

Tiger Trout 8 lbs 12.5 oz Lake Michigan Robert W. Zimmy 6/26/1977

Walleye 14 lbs 0 oz Kankakee River Fred Goselin 1961

Warmouth 1 lbs 13 oz private pond Wesley Mills 5/22/1971

White Bass 4 lbs 14 oz Kaskaskia River Bruce Wilson 10/7/1981

White Crappie 4 lbs 7 oz private pond Kevin Dennis 4/8/1973

Yellow Bass 2 lbs 0 oz private pond Jimmy Kostoff Jr. 5/5/1994

Yellow Bullhead 5 lbs 4 oz Fox River Bill Snow 1955

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 8.75 oz Arrowhead Club Lake Joseph Grega 1/5/1974